Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I don't agree with your assertions, Senator Hanson. I don't propose to repeat them, but I don't agree with them. I have explained to you that a vote for two states is not a vote for Hamas. In fact, it is precisely the opposite of what Hamas wants. I would make the point, now that they have made clear their intent, that what we as an international community have to do is look at how we might bring momentum to security for both Israelis and Palestinians. That is what we are doing. I appreciate you don't agree with it, Senator Hanson, but that is our motivation. I think it is wrong to make the assertions that you are making about why we took that decision and why we voted as we did. As I have said publicly, I would make the point that our special strategic partner Japan, the Republic of Korea and New Zealand all took the same decision. (Time expired)